This will be the official Travis Henry thread until he is suspended. Keep it rolling and let’s see how long it gets!

What are the early predictions? When does he get suspended? Who takes over?

I believe it will be within 1-2 weeks and Andre Hall will emerge as the team’s primary RB, but it won’t be until during the game. I can see it now, Shanny will start Young and fantasy owners will also start him… then in the 2nd or 3rd quarter, Hall will get hot (as he is the most talented RB in that group) and Shanny will keep him in the final two quarters. He will then start Hall for the rest of the season. There you have it! That is my prediction.

haimez40 said:

Denver Papers citing Henry could be on team until November make him probably worth trading for. The whole thing is a mess though. Hall has been getting a little exposure also from Shanny. I think Smitty called this with him. I’m really buying into it with Hall taking over later in season.

Nice work. Keep us posted! keep us in the know, Homers!

Man, I would love to watch the lie dector test on youtube or something. This needs to happen.

Travis Henry with straight face “I did not smoke Pot.”
Needle is going crazy.hahaha

Judge clears Henry to play

A federal judge has cleared the way for embattled Broncos running back Travis Henry to play football - at least for three more weeks, according to court records made available Thursday. That timetable leaves Henry available to play at least through October. He’s been a mainstay of the Broncos’ offense, rushing for 498 yards. He faces a possible one-year suspension amid allegations he may have flunked an NFL drug test. Henry has filed a lawsuit challenging the NFL’s drug-testing program.

They also said that the appeal hearing will be held next Monday by NFL. So we will probably know by week from Wed.the fate of Henry. Detroit game could be the last hurrah for Henry.

I heard a rumor he is trying to say it was second hand smoke.haha No way that flys. I think the Lions game is the last game for a year. Should be interesting.

Henry’s appeal is set to be heard on Nov 16th. He has practiced all week, so he’ll most likely start week 9 vs. Detroit and week 10 @ KC.

From a post in another thread…

joeman said:

Here’s something I came across….cut & paste

Broncos coach Mike Shanahan announced Monday that Travis Henry will meet with the NFL on Friday. Shanahan says that if Henry’s test for marijuana was positive, he will not be with the team for the rest of the season.

“We’ll let due process take care of itself,” Shanahan said, “but if the test was positive, after what he promised me, he would not be on this football team.” Shanahan expects to hear from the league a week after Friday’s meeting, and believes the running back has a good chance of winning his appeal after taking multiple lie detector tests and showing negative hair samples. Henry will also undergo an MRI to determine the extent of the knee injury that kept him out in Week 10. Nov. 12 - 3:48 pm et

No, I think Selvin is the clear starter once Henry is given the boot. Hall has been the nice Dark Horse, and I still own both Young and Hall in a fee deep leagues, but Young looks great.

dag2523 said:

According to Rotowire: Travis Henry (RB) DEN
“Henry (knee/flu) missed Friday’s practice and was ruled out for Sunday’s game against the Bears, the Broncos’ official site reports. “Travis is definitely out,” coach Mike Shanahan said Friday.”

He’s been dead weight on so many rosters for the last 4 weeks and, sadly, I’m actually hoping a suspension comes down. The longer the jury’s out though, the more likely it seems that the suspension will be dropped. I’m afraid that, in the future, I may be avoiding any Den RBs as long as Shanny’s pulling the strings.

We were one of the few Sites that didn’t have Henry in our top ten for much of the off-season. Everyone had him top 10, top 5… it was crazy. I won’t lie, we did eventually lift him into that first-round after much struggle and debate, but boy we should have stuck to our initial breakdown on that guy and on that team. The only solution is this… and it’s nuts: Grab all the RBs! The better option is to let someone burn a top pick on the #1 projected runner (let’s say next year), and you swoop in and snag all the back-ups using middle-to-late round picks… stash ‘em and cash in later. That is my advice for next year.

I have been high on Hall all season long… I can’t wait to watch him run. You may be right, dag2523… Henry getting a pass wouldn’t shock me. I think he will get suspended, though, but as I always say… anything is possible this year.